Mark Duggan's mother, Pam Duggan and her son Marlon Duggan outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, after a jury found he was lawfully killed when he was shot dead by a police marksman.

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A group of Birmingham community activists have planned a city centre protest this evening against the lawful killing verdict in the Mark Duggan inquest case.

More than 300 people have been invited to the protest via a Facebook page that has been set up for the event, which is due to begin at 5.30pm outside the Waterstones on High Street, near to the Bullring.

The protest comes as the Prime Minister calls for a calm response to the inquest verdict that the 29-year old dad of six was lawfully killed by a police marksman despite being unarmed.

The Prime Minister said he hoped people would respect the "proper judicial process" and welcomed the stance taken by Mr Duggan's aunt Carole, who said she wanted "no more violence".

Mr Duggan's family plan to hold a vigil in Tottenham, north London, at the weekend and there are concerns that the event could spark unrest in a repeat of what happened mmediately after he was killed in 2011.

Mark Duggan who was shot dead by police in Tottenham in 2011

Tonight a protest has been organised to take place in Birmingham city centre.

The page says the event has been “called by various organisations and groups” and says: “The jury in the Mark Duggan case has decided that Mark Duggan was unarmed, yet he was lawfully killed by police.

Today the Metropolitan Police continued efforts to rebuild trust over the controversial killing, which sparked a wave of rioting and looting across the country.

Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe met political representatives from the capital and prominent figures from Tottenham to discuss how the police can improve relationships.

Speaking after meeting Britain's most senior police officer, the Rev Nims Obunge, who buried Mr Duggan, said: "We had an interesting meeting with the commissioner and he has clearly expressed concern about what would happen in Tottenham.

"We've just looked at the best way forward to ensure that the concerns that the family genuinely have about the verdict can be expressed in an effective fashion at the vigil this weekend, and we also want to ensure that policing within our community is done in a healthy fashion.

"The message from the family is that this vigil is intended to be a very peaceful vigil. We expect that anybody who would come would stand with the family. It is a vigil in remembrance and respecting the life and death of Mark Duggan. His children will be there, and we don't expect anybody to come to where Mark Duggan's children are to create unrest or anarchy."

The 29-year-old's family reacted furiously yesterday as jurors concluded that he was lawfully killed by police.

Mr Nims, who was with them at the Royal Courts of Justice as the conclusions were revealed, said: "They are hurting. It was a very challenging verdict. Hearing that your son was unarmed at the time he was shot, that the jury believed he was unarmed at the time he was shot, that was challenging for the family."